MWIA Centennial Congress, Brooklyn, July 2019
Dr Sarah Fitzgibbon recently attend the Medical Women’s International Association Centennial Congress in Brooklyn, New York, where WiMIN was officially affiliated with this hundred-year-old international institution.
The Congress welcomed 1200 delegates from all over the world, and heard about the experiences of female doctors and their patients in many diverse communities. Topics such has harassment, bullying, cervical cancer eradication, social media use and the advantages of a diverse workforce were among the many interesting insights shared.
Our own Dr Sinéad Howley presented a poster on her work on folic acid supplementation entitled “Folic Acid in Ireland - A Public Health Failure in our Time”.
The keynote address was given by Gloria Steinem, the 85-year-old powerhouse of feminist thinking.
The life lessons that Gloria has taught her own physician, Dr Gayatri Devi, are:
Plunge into adventure
Adapt and stay young
Mentor wholeheartedly
Live the life you love or love the life you live
Be a great friend
Dance into the break of dawn!
